2011 Fantasy Baseball’s Daily Fix: Ian Kennedy Out-Duels Cliff Lee In The Desert
Ian Kennedy out-dueled Cliff Lee in a complete game, three-hit, ten strikeout winning effort in the desert last night. The two pitchers combined for a total of 22 strikeouts. Kennedy has allowed three earned runs or less in four of his five trips to the hill.
Also in Arizona, one of the most added players of 2011, Willie Bloomquist, has officially hit the DL with a sore hamstring.
Looking for some stolen base guys with Bloomquist hitting the DL? Coco Crisp (8), Orlando Hudson (7) and Will Venable (6) are all owned in less than 50% of Y! leagues.
The recently claimed Brandon Wood is paying dividends for the Pirates already. Wood went 1/4 with a double, run scored and two RBIs in a 4-2 victory over the Nationals. The Pirates FAAB’d Wood for just $6.
Is Jered Weaver making an early run at the Cy Young? Last night in Anaheim, Weaver improved to 6-0, pitching a complete game, seven-hit shutout win over the Athletics. Weaver struck out ten A’s while issuing just one free pass. My vote is in.
Ryan Ludwick hit a walk-off home run, his second of the game and fourth of the season, to beat the Braves 5-3 in the 13th inning in San Diego. That was Ludwick’s 12th career 2-home run game.
Chris Coghlan also hit two home runs, his third and fourth of the season, in a 5-4 Marlins win over the Los Angeles Doyers.
Random Fact: On October 5, 2000, current Nationals’ outfielder, then Cardinals’ pitcher Rick Ankiel, threw five wild pitches in a single inning against the Braves.
Random Fact, Part II: Rick Ankiel and Babe Ruth are the only players in MLB history to accumulate ten wins as a pitcher and club 50 home runs.
Huston Street (8), Jon Rauch (4), Joel Hanrahan (6) and Sergio Santos (1) all earned saves on Monday night.
Written by Alan Harrison exclusively for TheFantasyFix.com
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